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monotonic

Definitions

adjective

  1. of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value
  2. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

Examples

'Later no harm' is a voting criterion that many ordinary voters consider far more important than 'monotonicity'.

monotonic uninflected speech

The determination of titratable acidity in apple, grape, strawberry was conducted by monotonic titration(MET) using automatic potentiometric titrator.

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monotonous

Definitions

adjective

  1. sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
  2. tediously repetitious or lacking in variety

Examples

The trek was a bit monotonous at times - I wanted to go faster - but it was relaxing, enjoyable and worth the sore backside.

Richard and his friends, he reminds us constantly, are wealthy, beautiful, aloof from the slings and arrows of dowdiness and paying bills and slogging it out in monotonous jobs.

Viceroy's voice was still a monotonous drone, and I wanted to slap him just to see that he could still talk and/or yell with emotion.

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